{{yearbox| in?= | cp=20th century| c=21st century | cf=22nd century | yp1=1999 | yp2=2000 | yp3=2001 | year=2002 | ya1=2003 | ya2=2004 | ya3=2005 | dp3=1970s | dp2=1980s | dp1=1990s | d=2000s | dn1=2010s | dn2=2020s | dn3=2030s | }} {{C21YearInTopic}} '''2002''' '''(MMII)''' is a Common_year_starting_on_Tuesday of the Gregorian_calendar. It was designated the: *''International Year of Ecotourism and Mountains'' *''Year of the Outback'' in Australia *''National Science Year'' in the United_Kingdom *''Autism Awareness Year'' in the United_Kingdom See also Wikipedia's almanac of events for this year. ==Overview of the year== In contrast to 2000 and 2001, which retained elements of the late 1990s, 2002 shifted into a new cultural decade. With the declining popularity of late 1990s and early 2000s acts like 'N_Sync and The_Backstreet_Boys after band break-ups, rap acts like 50_Cent and Eminem rose in popularity. Pop-Punk acts like Good_Charlotte and New_Found_Glory also appealed to Adolescents. 2002 also marked the begining of the controversial Iraq_War, which many say, along with 9/11, was the true generation definer of the 2000s. ==Events== ===January=== * January_1 - The Republic_of_China officially joins the World_Trade_Organization, as ''Chinese Taipei''. * January_1 - The Open Skies mutual Surveillance treaty, initially signed in 1992, officially enters in to force. * January_5 - Charles Bishop, a 15 year-old student pilot, crashes a light aircraft into a Tampa,_Florida building, evoking fear of a Copycat 9/11 terrorist attack. * January_9 - The United_States_Department_of_Justice announces it is going to pursue a criminal investigation of Enron. * January_10 - Enrique_Bolaños began his five-year term as President of the Republic of Nicaragua. * January_13 - President George_W._Bush faints after choking on a Pretzel.{{noMention}} * January_14 - The case of Adelaide_Abankwah comes into trial in New York * January_16 - A student shoots 6 people at the Appalachian School of Law, killing three.{{noMention}} * January_16 - John_Ashcroft announces that American Taliban member John_Walker_Lindh would be tried in the United_States. * January_16 - The UN_Security_Council unanimously establishes an arms embargo and the freezing of assets of Osama_bin_Laden, Al-Qaida, and the Taliban. * January_17 - Eruption of Mount_Nyiragongo in the Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo, displacing an estimated 400,000 people. * January_18 - A Canadian_Pacific_Railway train carrying anhydrous Ammonia derails outside of Minot,_North_Dakota, killing one. * January_22 - AOL_Time_Warner brings a federal suit against Microsoft seeking damages. The suit alleges that the market for AOL's Netscape_Navigator Internet browser was harmed when Microsoft started to give away a competing browser.{{noMention}} * January_22 - Kmart_Corp becomes the largest retailer in American history to file for Chapter_11_bankruptcy_protection. * January_22 - Clyde Hood sentenced for 14 years in prison for Omega_Trust Fraud{{noMention}} * January_24 - Terrorist suspect John_Walker_Lindh's hearing begins.{{noMention}} * January_27 - Several explosions at a military dump in Lagos, Nigeria kill more than 1,000.{{noMention}} ===February=== * February_2 - Crown Prince_Willem-Alexander_of_the_Netherlands marries Máxima,_Princess_of_Orange in Amsterdam. * February_3 - Costa_Rica: elections for President and Congress * February_8-February_24 - 2002_Winter_Olympics in Salt_Lake_City, Utah * February_12 - The trial of former President of the Federal_Republic_of_Yugoslavia Slobodan_Milošević begins at the United_Nations War_crimes tribunal in The_Hague * February_12 - Nuclear_waste: US Secretary of Energy makes the decision that Yucca_Mountain is suitable to be the United_States' nuclear repository. * February_13 - Queen Elizabeth II gives former New_York_City mayor Rudolph_Giuliani an honorary Knighthood. * February_16 - Rachel Thaler, aged 16, blown up at a pizzena in an Israeli shopping mall following a Suicide_bombing attack on a crowd of teenagers. * February_19 - NASA's Mars_Odyssey Space_probe begins to map the surface of using its thermal emission imaging system. * February_20 - In Reqa Al-Gharbiya, Egypt, a fire on a Train injures over 65 and kills at least 370 * February_20 - In most of the world, at 20:02 (8:02 PM) local time, date (written as day/month), time, and year are all 2002, making each of them alone, any two together, and the combination of all three, all palindromes. * February_22 - Norwegian-facilitated Ceasefire begins in Sri_Lanka * February_23 - FARC kidnaps Ingrid_Betancourt in Colombia when she campaigns for presidency * February_27 - Ethnic_conflict_in_India: 59 Hindu pilgrims die aboard a train burned by a Muslim mob in Godhra, India, sparking a series of Riots, leaving hundreds dead * February_28 - The ex-currencies of all euro members officialy (at EU-level) cease to be legal tender. ===March=== * March_1 - U.S._invasion_of_Afghanistan: In eastern Afghanistan, Operation_Anaconda begins. * March_1 - 28 people die in continuing violence in Ahmedabad. Police shoot and kill five while attempting to control rioters. * March_1 - The Envisat Environmental_satellite successfully reaches an orbit 800km above the Earth on its 11th launch, carrying the heaviest Payload to date at 8500kg. * March_1 - Space_Shuttle_Columbia flies Hubble_Space_Telescope service mission (STS-109). * March_1 - Peseta discontinued as official Currency of Spain and is replaced with the Euro (€) * March_3 - São_Tomé_and_Príncipe: elections for the legislature * March_6 - France agrees to return the remains of Saartje_Baartman to South_Africa * March_10 - Colombia: elections for the legislature; Togo: elections for the Parliament * March_11 - BBC_6_Music, the first new BBC Music_radio station in decades, is launched * March_12 - In Texas, Andrea_Yates is found guilty of Drowning her five children on June_20, 2001. She is later sentenced to life in prison * March_17 - Portugal: elections for the Parliament * March_19 - US_Attack_on_Afghanistan: Operation_Anaconda ends (started on March_1) after killing 500 Taliban and Al_Qaeda fighters with 11 allied troop fatalities * March_21 - In Pakistan, Ahmed_Omar_Saeed_Sheikh along with three other suspects are charged with murder for their part in the kidnapping and killing of ''Wall_Street_Journal'' reporter Daniel_Pearl * March_27 - Netanya_suicide_attack: A Suicide_bomber kills 28 people in Netanya, Israel * March_31 - Ukraine: elections for the Parliament ===April=== Image:Funeral_procession_of_Queen_Elizabeth_The_Queen_Mother.PNG * April_2 - Israeli forces surround the Church_of_the_Nativity in Bethlehem, when militants take shelter there. A siege ensues. * April_9- Funeral of Queen_Elizabeth,_the_Queen_Mother takes place in Westminster_Abbey, London. * April_15 - An Air_China Boeing_767-200 crashes into a hillside during heavy rain and fog near Pusan, South_Korea, killing 128 * April_15 - The Alameda_Corridor transportation project in Los_Angeles,_California opens to rail traffic, ceasing operations of through freight trains on the 120-year-old BNSF_Harbor_Subdivision. * April_17 - Four Canadian infantrymen are killed in Afghanistan by Friendly_fire from two U.S. F-16s. * April_18 - New order of Insects, Mantophasmatodea, announced. * April_25 - South_African Mark_Shuttleworth blasts off from the Baikonur_cosmodrome; he had paid £15 million for the trip. * April_26 - Robert_Steinhauser opens fire on his former teachers and other students in Erfurt, Germany and then kills himself: 16 dead. * April_27 - Three people killed in Laughlin,_Nevada River Run Riot. * April_30 - Pakistan: Pakistani voters approve a Referendum granting a five-year term for Pakistani president Pervez_Musharraf. ===May=== Image:Flag_of_East_Timor.svg]] * May_4 - In Germany, BV_Borussia_Dortmund wins the Bundesliga title after a 2-1 victory over SV_Werder_Bremen. * May_6 - In the Netherlands, politician Pim_Fortuyn is killed by Volkert_van_der_Graaf. * May_7 - Gay Canadian teenager Marc_Hall is granted a court injunction ordering that he be allowed to attend his High_school prom with his boyfriend. * May_9 - The 38-day stand-off in the Church_of_the_Nativity in Bethlehem comes to an end when the Palestinians inside agreed to have 13 suspected militants among them deported to several different countries. The standoff started April_2. * May_9 - In Kaspiysk, Russia, a remote-control Bomb explodes during a holiday parade, killing 43 and injuring at least 130. * May_10 - FBI agent Robert_Hanssen is sentenced to life without the possibility of Parole for selling American secrets to Moscow for $1.4 million in cash and diamonds. * May_12 - Former President Jimmy_Carter arrives in Cuba for a five-day visit with Fidel_Castro becoming the first President_of_the_United_States, in or out of office, to visit the island since Castro's 1959 revolution. * May_15 - The_Netherlands: elections for the Lower House. * May_16 - ''Star_Wars:_Attack_of_the_Clones'' is released in theaters. * May_20 - Restoration of East_Timor independence * May_21 - US_State_Department releases report citing seven State-Sponsors of Terrorism;Iran,Iraq,Cuba,Libya,North_Korea,Sudan,andSyria. * May_22 - In Washington,_DC, Chandra_Levy's remains are found in Rock_Creek_Park. * May_22 - American_civil_rights_movement: 16th_Street_Baptist_Church_bombing: A jury in Birmingham,_Alabama convicts former Ku_Klux_Klan member Bobby_Frank_Cherry of the 1963 murders of four girls. * May_23 - Irish Football Captain, Roy_Keane, Is sent home from the Training Camp in Saipan, by Manager Mick_McCarthy after an Argument over Training arrangements. This cause a huge Media sensation in Ireland and Britain. Many people were split over two sides and some called it the Second Irish_Civil_War. * May_23 - First Eurovision_Song_Contest in a former Soviet country: Estonia *May_25 - The Boston_Celtics come back from twenty-six points down to defeat the New_Jersey_Nets in Game 3 of the National_Basketball_Association's Eastern Conference Finals. *May_25 - China_Airlines_Flight_611 broke up near the Penghu_Islands at Taiwan_Strait, killing all 225 people on board. * May_26 - The Mars_Odyssey finds signs of huge water ice deposits on the planet Mars. * May_28 - Washington_DC's medical examiner declares that Chandra_Levy's death was the result of Homicide. * May_31 through June_30 - 17th Football_World_Cup in South_Korea and Japan ===June=== Image:Concorde_Jubilee.jpg leads the Red_Arrows over London in a fly past for Queen Elizabeth II on her Golden Jubilee]] * June_1 - The Los_Angeles_Lakers def the Sacramento_Kings 112-106, to win Game 7 of the National_Basketball_Association's 2002 Western Conference Finals. * June_3 - The "Party in the Palace" takes place at Buckingham_Palace, London for Queen Elizabeth II's Golden Jubilee celebrations. * June_4 - Quaoar is discovered. * June_4 - Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh ride in the gold state coach from Buckingham_Palace to St_Paul's_Cathedral for a special service marking the Queen's 50 years on the throne. In New_York, the Empire_State_Building is lit in purple for her honour. * June_5 - Elizabeth Smart is kidnapped from her Salt_Lake_City,_Utah home. * June_5 - Mozilla 1.0, the first 'official' version, is released. * June_6 - The United_States_House_of_Representatives Energy and Commerce Committee announces it is probing Martha_Stewart's ImClone stock sales. * June_8 - Serena_Williams defeats her sister Venus_Williams in straight sets to win the 2002 French_Open. * June_10 - Annular Solar_eclipse. * June_11 - Antonio_Meucci was recognised as the first inventor of the telephone by the United_States_Congress. * June_12 - The Los_Angeles_Lakers def the New_Jersey_Nets 4 games to 0 to win the 2002 NBA_Finals. * June_13 - The Detroit_Red_Wings def the Carolina_Hurricanes 4 games to 1 in the 2002_Stanley_Cup_Finals. * June_14 - In Karachi, Pakistan, a Car_bomb in front of the U.S. consulate kills twelve Pakistanis and injures fifty. * June_18 - Arizona experiences its worst forest fire, burning 462,606 acres (1,872 km²) near the Mogollon_Rim. * June_30 - Brazil defeats Germany 2-0 to win the Football_World_Cup_2002. ===July=== * July_1 - Russian passenger jet and a cargo plane collide over the town of Uberlingen in Southern Germany - 72 dead * July_1 - Wendy_J._Hamilton became president of Mothers_Against_Drunk_Driving. * July_5 - Iraq_disarmament_crisis: Iraq once again rejects new U.N. weapons inspections proposals * July_10 - At a Sotheby's auction, Peter_Paul_Rubens' painting "The_Massacre_of_the_Innocents" is sold for £49.5million (US$76.2 million) to Lord Thomson * July_13 - A lighting strike sets off the Sour Biscuit Fire in Oregon and northern California, which is left to burn 499,570 acres (2,022 km²) when finally contained on September_5. * July_14 - During Bastille_Day celebrations, Jacques_Chirac escapes an assassination attempt unscathed. * July_15 - So-called "American Taliban" John_Walker_Lindh pleads guilty to supplying aid to the enemy and for the possession of explosives during the commission of a Felony. Lindh agrees to serve 10 years in prison for each of the charges * July_19 - K-19:_The_Widowmaker starring Harrison_Ford is released. * July_21 - Telecommunications giant WorldCom files for Chapter_11_bankruptcy_protection in the largest such filing in United_States history *July_27 - Helen_Clark leader of the Labour Party is historically re-elected in a landslide victory over the Right Wing in the New Zealand general election of 2002. * July_27 - A Sukhoi_Su-27 fighter crashes at an Air_show in Ukraine killing 78 and injuring more than 100 others, the largest air show disaster in history. ===August=== * August_27 - Simon_&_Schuster sues Michael_Pelligrino and Artist_Management_Group because Pelligrino had written a book claiming to be a son of late Mafioso Carlo_Gambino ===September=== * September_2 - The opening of the United_Nations World_Summit_on_Sustainable_Development, successor of the 1972 Conference_on_the_Human_Environment, 1983 World_Commission_on_Environment_and_Development, and the 1992 Conference on Environment and Development. * September_3 - Consolidated_Freightways files for bankruptcy * September_5 - A Car_bomb kills at least 30 people in Afghanistan, and an apparent assassination attempt on Afghan President Hamid_Karzai fails the same day. * September_5 - The Sour Biscuit Fire in Oregon and northern California, which burned 499,570 acres (2,022 km²), is finally contained. * September_8 - Typhoon_Sinlaku causes huge waves on the Qiantangjiang_River in Sheijang Province, China * September_11 - The World_Summit_on_Sustainable_Development comes to a close. * September_12 - Iraq_disarmament_crisis: U.S. President George_W._Bush, addresses the U.N. and challenges its members to confront the "grave and gathering danger" of Iraq or stand aside as the United States and likeminded nations act. * September_15 - The Swedish parliamentary election leaves Prime_Minister Göran_Persson and the Social Democrats in power. * September_22 - The German federal election leaves Chancellor Gerhard_Schröder, his Social Democrats and the Greens in power ===October=== * October_2 - Iraq_disarmament_crisis: The U.S. Congress passes a joint resolution which explicitly authorizes the President to use the Armed Forces of the United States as he determines to be necessary and appropriate. * October_7 - Discovery of Quaoar is announced. * October_11 - Lone bomber explodes a home-made bomb in the Myyrmanni shopping mall north of Helsinki, Finland - casualties include himself. See Myyrmanni_bombing. * October_12 - Bali bombing: Terrorists detonate massive bombs in two nightclubs in Kuta, Bali, killing 202 and injuring over 300. * October_16 - Iraq_disarmament_crisis: George_W._Bush signs the Iraq war resolution. * October_24 - The Beltway snipers are arrested. * October_25 - U.S. Senator Paul_Wellstone, his family and staff, are killed by a plane accident at Eveleth,_Minnesota. * October_27 - The Anaheim_Angels defeat the San_Francisco_Giants in Game 7 of the 2002_World_Series. ===November=== Image:US-DeptOfHomelandSecurity-Seal.png is formed in response to terrorist concerns in the United States]]. * November_5 - U.S. Elections: The Republican Party maintains control of the House_of_Representatives and regains control of the Senate. * November_7 - Iran bans Advertising of US products. * November_8 - Iraq_disarmament_crisis: UN_Security_Council_Resolution_1441 – The United_Nations_Security_Council unanimously approves a resolution on Iraq, forcing Saddam_Hussein to disarm or face ''"serious consequences"''. * November_9 - In Los_Angeles,_California, Television and Film actor Merlin_Santana is shot to death while sitting in the passenger seat of a friend's car parked on the 3800 block of Victoria Avenue. * November_13 - Iraq_disarmament_crisis: Iraq agrees to the terms of the UN_Security_Council_Resolution_1441. * November_13 - The oil tanker Prestige sinks off the Galician coast and causes a huge Oil_spill. * November_14 - Argentina defaults on a US$805 million World_Bank payment * November_15 - Hu_Jintao becomes general secretary of the Communist_Party_of_China. * November_16 - A Campaign_Against_Climate_Change march takes place in London from Lincoln's_Inn_Fields, past Esso offices to the United_States Embassy. * November_18 - Iraq_disarmament_crisis: United_Nations weapons inspectors led by Hans_Blix arrive in Iraq. * November_21 - NATO Summit in Prague - Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia invited to become NATO members. * November_22 - In Nigeria, more than 100 people are killed at an attack aimed at the contestants of the Miss_World contest. * November_25 - US President George_W._Bush signs the Homeland_Security_Act into law, establishing the Department of Homeland Security in the largest US government reorganization since the creation of the Department of Defense in 1947 (the Senate passed the bill 90-9 on November_19). ===December=== * December_4 - Total Solar_eclipse * December_7 - Iraq_disarmament_crisis: As required by the recently passed U.N. resolution, Iraq files a 12,000 page weapons declaration with the U.N. Security Council. Although it is supposed to be a complete declaration, it is seen as incomplete by the Security Council and weapons inspectors. * December_10 - High_Court_of_Australia hands down its judgement in the Internet Defamation dispute in the case of Gutnick_v_Dow_Jones. * December_18 - Peter_Jackson's ''The_Lord_of_the_Rings:_The_Two_Towers'' was released into theaters. * December_24 - Laci_Peterson of Modesto,_California is reported missing. * December_27 - Suicide truck-bomb attack destroys headquarters of Chechnya's Moscow-backed government, killing 72 people. * December_29 – Communist New_People's_Army blows up a bust of Ferdinand_Marcos in Benguet, Philippines. ===Unknown Date=== * Naruto (anime) is created by Studio Perriot. * American_Prohibition_Foundation incorported. ==Births== *August_2 - Kara_Hoffman, American actress *August 2 - Shelby_Hoffman, American actress *December_6 - Sophia Rosalinda Bratt, daughter of Benjamin_Bratt and Talisa_Soto ==Deaths== '''For more deaths see: Deaths_in_2002''' ===January=== *January_3 - Freddy_Heineken, Dutch-born beer magnate (b. 1923) *January_8 - Alexander_Prochorow, Russian physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1916) *January_8 - Dave_Thomas, American fast food entrepreneur (b. 1932) *January_12 - Stanley Unwin, South African comedian (b. 1911) *January_12 - Cyrus_Vance, United_States_Secretary_of_State (b. 1917) *January_13 - Ted_Demme, American film and television director (b. 1963) *January_16 - Michael Bilandic, Mayor of Chicago (b. 1923) *January_16 - Bobo_Olson, American boxer (b. 1928) *January_16 - Ron_Taylor, American actor (b. 1952) *January_17 - Camilo_José_Cela, Spanish writer (b. 1916) *January_22 - Peggy_Lee, American singer and actress (b. 1920) *January_23 - Pierre_Bourdieu, French sociologist (b. 1930) *January_23 - Robert_Nozick, American philosopher (b. 1938) *January_28 - Dick_"Night_Train"_Lane, American football player (b. 1928) *January_28 - Astrid_Lindgren, Swedish children's book author (b. 1907) *January_29 - Harold_Russell, Canadian-born actor (b. 1914) ===February=== *February_6 - Max_Perutz, Austrian-born molecular biologist, recipient of the Nobel_Prize_in_Chemistry (b. 1914) *February_8 - Joachim_Hoffmann, German historian (b. 1930) *February_9 - Princess_Margaret_of_the_United_Kingdom (b. 1930) *February_14 - Nándor_Hidegkuti, Hungarian footballer (b. 1922) *February_15 - Howard_K._Smith, American television journalist (b. 1914) *February_15 - Kevin Smith, New Zealand actor (b. 1963) *February_16 - Walter_Winterbottom, English football manager (b. 1913) *February_19 - Virginia_Hamilton, American writer *February_21 - John_Thaw, British actor (b. 1942) *February_22 - Chuck_Jones, American animator (b. 1912) *February_22 - Jonas_Savimbi, Angolan rebel leader (b. 1934) *February_24 - Leo_Ornstein, American composer and pianist (b. 1912) *February_26 - Lawrence_Tierney, American actor (b. 1919) *February_27 - Spike_Milligan, British comedian, writer, and poet (b. 1918) *February_27 - Mary Stuart, American actress (b. 1926) *February_28 - Helmut_Zacharias, German violinist (b. 1920) ===March=== *March_11 - James_Tobin, American economist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1918) *March_14 - Cherry_Wilder, New Zealand author (b. 1930) *March_24 - César_Milstein, Argentine scientist, recipient of the Nobel_Prize_in_Physiology_or_Medicine (b. 1927) *March_25 - Kenneth_Wolstenholme, British football commentator (b. 1920) *March_27 - Milton_Berle, American comedian and actor (b. 1908) *March_27 - Dudley_Moore, British pianist, comedian, and actor (b. 1935) *March_27 - Billy_Wilder, Austrian-born film screenwriter and director (b. 1906) *March_30 - Elizabeth_Bowes-Lyon, queen of George_VI_of_the_United_Kingdom (b. 1900) *March_31 - Barry_Took, British comedian and writer (b. 1928) ===April=== *April_5 - Layne_Staley, American singer (Alice_in_Chains) (b. 1967) *April_8 - Maria_Felix, Mexican actress (b. 1914) *April_9 - Leopold_Vietoris, Austrian mathematician (b. 1891) *April_15 - Byron_White, American athlete and Supreme Court Justice (b. 1917) *April_16 - Franz_Krienbühl, Swiss speed skater (b. 1929) *April_16 - Robert_Urich, American actor (cancer) (b. 1946) *April_18 - Thor_Heyerdahl, Norwegian explorer (b. 1914) *April_18 - Wahoo_McDaniel, American football player and wrestler (b. 1938) *April_25 - Indra_Devi, yoga teacher (b. 1899) *April_25 - Lisa_"Left_Eye"_Lopes, American rapper (TLC) (b. 1971) *April_27 - George_Alec_Effinger, American author (b. 1947) *April_27 - Hans_Heinrich_Thyssen-Bornemisza, Swiss industrialist and art collector (b. 1921) *April_28 - Ruth_Handler, American toy manufacturer (b. 1916) *April_28 - Alexander_Lebed, Russian general and politician (b. 1950) ===May=== *May_5 - Hugo_Bánzer_Suarez, President_of_Bolivia (b. 1926) *May_6 - Pim_Fortuyn, Dutch politician (assassinated) (b. 1948) *May_7 - Seattle_Slew, American racehorse (b. 1974) *May_11 - Joseph_Bonanno, Italian-born gangster (b. 1905) *May_13 - Valeri_Lobanovsky, Ukrainian football manager (b. 1939) *May_19 - John_Gorton, nineteenth Prime_Minister_of_Australia (b. 1911) *May_20 - Stephen_Jay_Gould, American paleontologist and author (b. 1941) *May_21 - Niki_de_Saint_Phalle, French artist (b. 1930) *May_23 - Sam_Snead, American golfer (b. 1912) *May_26 - Mamo_Wolde, Ethiopian runner (b. 1932) *May_28 - Jean_Berger, German-born composer (b. 1909) ===June=== *June_1 - Hansie_Cronje, South African cricketer (b. 1969) *June_4 - Fernando_Belaunde_Terry, President_of_Peru (b. 1912) *June_5 - Dee_Dee_Ramone, American bassist (The_Ramones) (b. 1952) *June_6 - Hans_Janmaat, Dutch politician (b. 1934) *June_7 - Mary_Lilian_Baels, Belgian princess (b. 1916) *June_10 - John_Gotti, American gangster (b. 1940) *June_11 - Robbin_Crosby, American guitarist (Ratt) (AIDS) (b. 1959) *June_12 - Bill_Blass, American fashion designer (b. 1922) *June_17 - Willie_Davenport, American athlete (b. 1943) *June_17 - Fritz_Walter, German footballer (b. 1920) *June_18 - Jack_Buck, baseball announcer (b. 1924) *June_22 - Darryl_Kile, baseball player (b. 1968) *June_23 - Pedro_'El_Rockero'_Alcazar, Panamian boxer (b. 1975) *June_24 - Pierre_Werner, Prime_Minister_of_Luxembourg (b. 1913) *June_26 - Jay_Berwanger, American football player (b. 1914) *June_27 - John_Entwistle, English bassist (The_Who) (b. 1944) *June_29 - Rosemary_Clooney, American singer and actress (b. 1928) ===July=== *July_4 - Benjamin_O._Davis_Jr., U.S. general (b. 1912) *July_5 - Katy_Jurado, Mexican actress (b. 1924) *July_5 - Ted_Williams, baseball player (b. 1918) *July_6 - Dhirubhai_Ambani, Indian businessman (b. 1932) *July_6 - John_Frankenheimer, American film director (b. 1930) *July_8 - Ward_Kimball, American animator (b. 1913) *July_9 - Laurence_Janifer, American writer (b. 1933) *July_9 - Rod_Steiger, American actor (b. 1925) *July_13 - Yousuf_Karsh, Turkish-born photographer (b. 1908) *July_14 - Joaquín_Balaguer, President_of_the_Dominican_Republic (b. 1906) *July_16 - John_Cocke, American computer scientist (b. 1925) *July_19 - Alan_Lomax, American folklorist and musicologist (b. 1915) *July_23 - Leo_McKern, Australian actor (b. 1920) *July_23 - Chaim_Potok, American author and rabbi (b. 1929) *July_28 - Archer_John_Porter_Martin, English chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1910) ===August=== *August_4 - Carmen_Silvera, British actress (b. 1922) *August_5 - Josh_Ryan_Evans, actor (b. 1982) *August_5 - Chick_Hearn, American basketball announcer (b. 1916) *August_6 - Edsger_Dijkstra, Dutch computer scientist (b. 1930) *August_11 - Galen_Rowell, American photographer, writer, and climber (plane crash) (b. 1940) *August_12 - Enos_Slaughter, baseball player (b. 1916) *August_14 - Dave_Williams, American singer (Drowning_Pool) (b. 1972) *August_15 - Kyle_Rote, American football player and coach (b. 1928) *August_16 - Abu_Nidal, Palestinian terrorist (b. 1937) *August_23 - Hoyt_Wilhelm, baseball player (b. 1922) *August_25 - Dorothy_Hewett, Australian writer (b. 1923) *August_31 - Lionel_Hampton, American musician (b. 1908) *August_31 - George_Porter, English chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1920) ===September=== *September_11 - Johnny_Unitas, American football player (b. 1933) *September_18 - Bob_Hayes, American athlete (b. 1942) *September_19 - Sergei_Bodrov_Jr., Russian actor (b. 1971) *September_19 - Robert_Guéï, military ruler of the Côte d'Ivoire (b. 1941) *September_21 - Robert_Lull_Forward, American author and physicist (b. 1932) *September_23 - Vernon_Corea, British broadcaster (b. 1927) ===October=== *October_6 - Claus_von_Amsberg, husband of Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands (b. 1926) *October_10 - Teresa_Graves, American actress (b. 1948) *October_12 - Ray_Conniff, American musician and bandleader (b. 1916) *October_13 - Stephen_Ambrose, American historian and biographer (b. 1936) *October_17 - Derek Bell, Irish harpist (The_Chieftans) (b. 1935) *October_18 - Nikolai_Rukavishnikov, cosmonaut (b. 1932) *October_24 - Harry_Hay, American activist (b. 1912) *October_25 - Richard Harris, Irish actor (b. 1930) *October_25 - Paul_Wellstone, U.S. Senator from Minnesota (b. 1944) *October_30 - Jam_Master_Jay, musician (Run_DMC) (b. 1965) ===November=== *November_2 - Charles_Sheffield, English author and physicist (b. 1935) *November_3 - Lonnie_Donegan, Scottish musician (King_of_Skiffle) (b. 1931) *November_15 - Myra_Hindley, English murderer (b. 1942) *November_17 - Abba_Eban, Israeli foreign affair minister (b. 1915) *November_21 - Hadda_Brooks, American jazz singer, pianist, and composer (b. 1916) *November_24 - John_Rawls, American political theorist (b. 1921) *November_26 - Verne_Winchell, American doughnut entrepreneur (b. 1915) ===December=== *December_3 - Glenn_Quinn, Irish actor (b. 1970) *December_5 - Ne_Win, Burmese dictator *December_6 - Father Philip_Berrigan, American priest and political activist (b. 1923) *December_6 - Charles_Rosen, American pianist and pioneer in artificial intelligence (b. 1927) *December_9 - Stan_Rice, American painter and poet (b. 1942) *December_18 - Ray_Hnatyshyn, Governor_General_of_Canada (b. 1934) *December_22 - Desmond_Hoyte, Prime Minister and President_of_Guyana (b. 1929) *December_22 - Joe_Strummer, British musician and singer (The_Clash) (b. 1952) ==Nobel Prizes== *Peace - Jimmy_Carter *Literature - Imre_Kertész *Chemistry - John_B._Fenn and Koichi_Tanaka, Kurt_Wüthrich *Physics - Raymond_Davis_Jr. and Masatoshi_Koshiba, Riccardo_Giacconi *Physiology or Medicine - Sydney_Brenner, H._Robert_Horvitz, and John_E._Sulston *Bank_of_Sweden_Prize_in_Economic_Sciences_in_Memory_of_Alfred_Nobel - Daniel_Kahneman and Vernon_L._Smith == Fields Medalists== *Laurent_Lafforgue, Vladimir_Voevodsky == External links == {{commonscat|2002}} *2002 Year-End Google Zeitgeist - Google's Yearly List of Major Events and Top Searches for 2002 * Af:2002 Ar:2002 Ast:2002 Bg:2002 Zh-min-nan:2002_nî Be:2002 Bs:2002 Ca:2002 Cv:2002 Cs:2002 Cy:2002 Da:2002 De:2002 Et:2002 El:2002 Als:2002 Es:2002 Eo:2002 Eu:2002 Fo:2002 Fr:2002 Fy:2002 Ga:2002 Gl:2002 Ko:2002년 Hi:२००२ Hr:2002 Io:2002 Id:2002 Ia:2002 Is:2002 It:2002 He:2002 Kn:೨೦೦೨ Ka:2002 Csb:2002 Kw:2002 Ku:2002 La:2002 Lt:2002 Lb:2002 Li:2002 Hu:2002 Mk:2002 Mi:2002 Ms:2002 Nl:2002 Nds:2002 Ja:2002年 No:2002 Nn:2002 Os:2002 Pl:2002 Pt:2002 Ro:2002 Ru:2002 Se:2002 Sq:2002 Sh:2002 Scn:2002 Simple:2002 Sk:2002 Sl:2002 Sr:2002 Su:2002 Fi:2002 Sv:2002 Tl:2002 Tt:2002 Te:2002 Th:พ.ศ._2545 Tr:2002 Uk:2002 Wa:2002 Zh:2002年